The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-25
arRNED ALIVE.
,. r,uaslo, n. T.. Causes tho
1... Of Thirty Live'-H"n' In
lured.

,:..,nond Hotel and ST. James
80 -, ;, Ruaalo, N, Y, were burned earl,
h.',, ..;a.v !. morning. The house contained
z" ,...r number Of guests and their heart
vs.. .hrieks could plainly be heard
,s.. ''ss.,. we're raised as soon ~ possible
:. m.n, as could be we're take" out A
~. = -" ,.mb.r OF them were able to effect
~ escape. The whole place burned
w." ~. ,,,der. The elevator in the center OF
-. ~" h.,ld,ne acted as great funnel, and as
w.. w. a,,ne. s.rcamed upwards the guests
s,rod -, themselves imprisoned by walls OF
=. The screams Of the unfortunate could
:. heard for blocks, and in many OF the
,;odows they could be seen in their night
,,othes calling wildly for help. From one Of
Il. third story windows two guests were
,,eo by the crowd to fall back into the
s,u.s One man jumped from the fifth
a,or ~ the roof Of two story building ad
;oinng; he was seriously injured.
The rapidity OF the fire cutting OF means
fescape led some persons to leap for life
from the windows. Others got down on
The fire escape or on ladders raised by the
IRE department. One man, mad with ter
,o,, leaped from the third story window
and was picked up from the stone side
walk on Main street Il 'nang'ed and bleed.
jug corpse. Several who succeeded in max
their escape were badly injured and
burned,
There were 1,s persons in the hotel. 70
Of them were guests. eight boarders and
the remainder porters, bell boys, families ot
the proprietors and clerks. Twenty-Five
sf,hesc were rescued from the windows by
The fren,en. twenty-five are at hospitals,
and large number made their escape by
other means.
As soon as the guests were aroused and
uw the interior exit cut off they turned to
Tie windows They could be seen stand.
hg out clear and vivid before the back.
gound Of the flames. Their screams were
horrible and could be heard tor blocks.
The 6rcmen did noble work. Telegraph
sres were, ms usual, In the way Of the lad.
der brigade, and much valuable time was
lost in getting the ladders past them.
HusoN. Altshul, oil New York, assisted
number Of women from the burning
building and then made his own escape bv |
eap'ng from one building to another until |
be reached building where he could &C, |
s,he ground.
Five girls who roomed Oh the fifth floor |
made rope out Of bed clothes and hung
aout Of the window, but none seemed to
ave the courage to start. At last one Of
ne i've took hold and swung down to the
window ledge, from which she was rescued.
l''ee others came cow.. the same way,
a'd the fifth girl started down. She had
t0oe but little distance when the rope
l''ed and down she went four stories.
s'anse to say, she was not killed. Her
~ were terribly bruised, her back badly
a!o'eo' and her face and arms were in a
'ya''ul condition from burns.
;. 4'e Total loss BY the fire will be $500.
Wv "orary losses $l3o,ooo on the hotel
s"u museum buildings, which were in.
.'' .".a 'o' 100000. Fuller s. Townsend,
.'0''''s' were insured for $4,000. Their
=. %>A was total loss and was valued 4,
: -. reter Paul & Bro. and Albrich
N'ns'ey, stationers, each lost $4,000
:. m 10000 insurance. Several minor
''ssss were sustained.